After that he has choreographed Alleged Dances (2007) for the Junior Ballet Zürich, Road B (2007) for Zürich Ballett and Sonata (2008) again for the Junior Ballet, all under the direction of Heinz Spoerli. Hayley was first introduced to Pilates as a ballet dancer studying at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She fell in love with the benefits of Pilates not only for her ballet technique, but also for her overall health and well being. Hayley gained her Advanced Diploma in Matwork Pilates at the National Training Centre in association with Pilates Ireland.
During his third year, as part of Ballet Central, he performed in works by Christopher Hampson, Christopher Gable and Christopher Bruce. She is the founder of her own company balletXtreme where she is the Director and also a performer. Under the direction of Christian Spuck, he created for the Young Choreographers a piece called Silk Road (2013) and was asked to create a duet for the Sylvester Gala 2013, Liebestod. The year after he created another piece for the Young Choreographers Different Trains (2014) and was invited to create for the Junior Ballet Zürich, Tauwetter (2014). Shortly after this, he made his first creation for Ballet Zürich under Spuck’s direction, called Diaologos. Dearbhalla Baviera is a certified Leadership Coach and Coach Supervisor, following a career in Management Consulting with Deloitte (Dublin) and EY (London).
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In 2022, he was invited to present an evening-length programme of works (Coloratura, Curious Alchemy, Storm Surge, Time Weaver, Verse) for the New Zealand School of Dance’s Performance Season. Una is a former General Manager and Director of Irish Times Training, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Irish Times. She was responsible for the delivery of over 55 open programmes and a range of in-company activities in both public and private sector organisations. Since 2008, she has had responsibility for Executive Education programmes with Ulster University and large scale Solas initiatives.
Kate teaches all age groups and abilities, from beginner to professional, and is a regular company class teacher at Ballet Black, for Christopher Marney, and also regularly covers open classes at Pineapple Dance Studio, Danceworks London, and Central Nights. Amanda trained at The Royal Ballet School, where she was awarded the Nora Roche Award. She began her professional career as a student apprentice with The Royal Ballet before joining Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet. She later danced as a soloist with London City Ballet and English National Ballet performing principal and soloist roles in major classical and contemporary works. A native of Ireland, Donlon’s childhood was marked by traditional Irish dance; only at the age of 16 did she begin professional ballet training.
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After training at the School of American Ballet, Myrna became a member of the New York City Ballet. Later, she was a Soloist with the Bonn Ballet in Germany, as well as a Principal dancer in the Miami City Ballet and Béjart Ballet Lausanne. Additionally, Niamh has worked throughout Europe with Bregenzer Festspiele, Chrysalis London, Irish National Opera, Laura Macken Dance, Sophie Adams Ballet Company, and Róisín Whelan Dance.
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- In his 2007 documentary, Out of Focus, Director Tomer Heymann filmed the process of restaging Decadance with Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet.
- After finishing his studies he was invited by the director Jorge Salavisa to join the National Ballet of Portugal as a member of the Corps de Ballet.
- From October 2019, Róisín joined the company as a dance artist, teaching company class and the company’s work to children and adults across the UK.
- A native of Ireland, Donlon’s childhood was marked by traditional Irish dance; only at the age of 16 did she begin professional ballet training.
- Amanda trained at The Royal Ballet School, where she was awarded the Nora Roche Award.
She is former chairperson of Dance Ireland and a former board member of Theatre Forum Ireland. As a former professional dancer, Jeanette has also produced work in Toronto and continues to teach ballet for CoisCeim Dance Theatre. Donlon sees dance as a social connector and a tool to communicate on various levels. In 2012, she launched a large scale environmental awareness project about the growing problem of plastic in our oceans. After meeting environmentalist David De Rothschild and brainstorming together, she created a dance piece called Blue.
- As a dancer, Morgann performed for Ballet Ireland, English National Ballet, Rosie Kay Dance Company and the Curve Foundation.
- Naharin and Kajiwara continued to work together until she died from cancer in 2001.
- Donlon created a variety of dance works in the past 12 years showing her versatility yet loyalty to true self expression.
- She has danced for TV and film with RTÉ, Merlin Productions, Trinity College Dublin, and the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs.
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Recently, Myrna was a jury member for the Prix de Lausanne 2021 and 2022 for the Miami International Ballet Competition. As an international Principal Guest Artist, Myrna has performed choreographies including George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Vladimir Vassiliev, Gheorghe Iancu, Yanis Pikieris, Paulo Manso de Sousa, Lynne Taylor Corbett, Susanna Egri, Renato Zanella, Luc Bouy, Paolo Mohovich and more. Niamh joined Ballet Ireland in 2018 and has since performed works including The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Carmen, The Glasshouse, and Bold Moves with the company. Dominic was born in Sheffield and started dancing at the age of four at Bailey Cox School.
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In October 2011, Deirdre commenced working with Birmingham Royal Ballet as Company Physiotherapist, with whom she toured extensively both nationally in the UK and internationally. Her role with the company involved assessing, diagnosing and treating acute and chronic injuries for the 60 Birmingham Royal Ballet dancers, the ballet staff, the administrative staff and the Royal Ballet Sinfonia. His mother is a choreographer, dance teacher and Feldenkrais instructor, and his father was an actor and psychologist. He joined Batsheva Dance Company in 1974 despite having little formal training. During his first year, guest choreographer Martha Graham invited him to join her own company in New York. Between 1975 and 1976, Naharin studied at the School of American Ballet, The Juilliard School, and with Maggie Black and David Howard.
Her teaching work includes Irish National Youth Ballet, Regal Ballet and Kensington Ballet School in London, professional morning class for Dance Ireland and as a guest teacher for Youth Ballet West, Irish Ballet Forum and several Irish ballet schools. At Monica Loughman Elite Ballet we pride ourselves in training Irish and international boys and girls to the highest standards, preparing them for life as professional ballet dancers. With strong ties to European Companies and schools we really do offer the best training in Ireland, giving you opportunities to perform on stage and on television.
The first practice was dedicated to the treatment of dancers and their injuries, where she worked with Lisa Howell, amongst others. It also had a large fully equipped Pilates studio used in the rehabilitation of clients. In 1990, Naharin was appointed Artistic Director of Batsheva Dance Company, and in the same year, he established the company’s junior division, Batsheva – the Young Ensemble. After almost thirty years of leading Batsheva, Naharin stepped down as Artistic Director in 2018, and continues to serve as the Company’s House Choreographer. Ludovic created a new Virtual Reality project in collaboration with DJ Seth Troxler and film director Ryan Hope, and a new work commissioned by Makeshift company, Insomniac’s Fable which premiered in Helsinki in 2018.
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She also created an interactive sculpture which involved 8.000 children collecting plastic bottle tops to fill the sculpture. This sculpture Plastic Oceanwas subsequently invited to Frankfurt to open the Eco Arts Festival and later was invited to tour Greece to help promote awareness to the problem. As a result, Donlon was invited to the world summit for water pollution in Berlin to talk about how dance can reach so many people through a positive approach and how this can influence scientific and political endeavours. In 2009, Marguerite founded ‘iMove’, a highly motived and successful youth dance company comprising of 24 young people from various cultural and ethnic backgrounds with little or no dance background. This ongoing project has proven what dance can do to bring these diverse groups together in harmony. She trained as a STOTT PILATES instructor to advanced level in mat work in 2006 and has completed the Rehab Reformer instructor training with STOTT PILATES in 2010.
While in Trinity College, she undertook a body of research into Bone Mineral Density in female dancers in Ireland. In his 2007 documentary, Out of Focus, Director Tomer Heymann filmed the process of restaging Decadance with Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet. And in 2015, the Heymann Brothers released their comprehensive documentary about Naharin, Mr. Gaga, to critical and audience acclaim.
This project enabled hard of hearing audience members to better enjoy dance performances through the signing of music. She is currently working to introduce “ZeichenTanz” to other companies and theatres in Germany. Donlon is a pioneer at heart and her tool to reach out and communicate is through the performing arts. She is open minded and enjoys pushing boundaries together with teams of passionate people.
She went on to work and tour extensively with Ballet Ireland, Scottish Ballet, Ballet Cymru and Peter Schaufuss Ballet Company, as well as working with Arielle Smith, Drew McOnie, Jenna Lee and International Arts Collective for various productions worldwide. Amanda brings to her teaching not only deep technical knowledge but also empathy, humour, and a lifelong commitment to nurturing the next generation of dancers. Her experience both on stage and in the studio allows her to support students with insight, warmth, and a passion for excellence. Over her twenty year career, Amanda toured internationally performing in Ballets by MacMillan, Ashton, Balanchine, Deane, Nureyev, Hampson, Tetley, Morris and Marston amongst many others.
Róisín Whelan
From 2001–2013, Marguerite was the ballet director and house choreographer at the Saarländisches Staatstheater (Saarland State Theater). The company, known as the Donlon Dance Company, impressed audiences with its own unique style and quickly became a respected and sought-after ensemble invited to perform throughout Europe, the USA and Asia. Donlon is also the initiator and artistic director of the International Dance Festival ‘N.O.W.
In addition, she was a Business Partner with Jen Doherty Bridal Designer which resulted in winning the award for Irish Bridal Designer of the Year in 2006. Karen is former Marketing Director at EY Ireland, one of the global Big Four professional services firms. Róisín began her professional training at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance where she completed her Bachelor in Performing in Arts and Masters in Performance, graduating with first class honours and receiving the Kathleen Tatterstall leadership Award. Róisín went on to join Black Box Dance Company, touring Denmark and Sweden throughout 2018 and 2019. Deirdre graduated from the University of the West of England in 1998 with an Honours Degree in Physiotherapy. In 2002 Deirdre completed a Masters Degree in Sports Medicine from Dublin University, Trinity College.
Her professional career began in the Ballet de la Comunidad de Madrid, directed by Victor Ullate where she became principal soloist. Amanda is also qualified in Sports Massage and remedial bodywork, debited and credited in accounting with additional expertise in sports psychology, anatomy and nutrition, allowing her integrate injury prevention and dancer well-being into her teaching. Una is a former General Manager of ireland.com and has held a number of senior management roles in Irish media companies. She is a graduate of DIT and the University of Leicester and is a regular visitor at Boston College USA. Contemporary and Lyrical dance classes build strength and flexibility and teach students to explore the possibilities and movement and space. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.